ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



509 



Vetromile (E.) — Continued. 



plying with the request of some gentlemen of 

 New England, to make some investigations as 

 to the dialects of the Abnaki, we have happily 

 met with an ancient manuscript containing the 

 Lord's Prayer and the Angelical Salutation in 

 pure Abnaki language. Its striking difference 

 from the language of the dictionary of Father 

 Eale, and of any existing dialect, corroborates 

 the opinion, that the original Abnaki language 

 is lost, and that at present we have merely dia- 

 lects of it. "We insert these remains here, in 

 order to preserve them as one of the few monu- 

 ments of the pure Abnaki that have escaped 

 the voracity of time. Every vowel marked with 

 an accent has a nasal sound." This notice is 

 followed by the Lord's prayer in pure Abnaki, 

 Angelical Salutation in pure Abnaki, and the 

 Lord's prayer in pure Mareschit, pp. 578-579. 



For an account of one of the manuscripts 

 used by Father Vetromile in preparing this 

 prayer book, see under Oiquard (F.) in the 

 Addenda. 



On page 558 is this "Note. — Although we 

 do not know the authors of all the manuscripts 

 which we have used in this compilation, yet 

 we are certain that this Mass was written by 

 F. LaBrosse, S. J., Apostle of the Montagnais 

 Indians, who died at Tadoussac, Canada, in 

 esteem of sanctity.". 



In a letter to Rev. J. M. Finotti, dated from 

 Eastport, January 19, 1875, Father Vetromile 

 writes: "When my prayer book was printed 

 in New York by M'. Kirker, 8 type setters left 

 him. I corrected the proof-sheets three times, 

 and yet I was obliged to add a long list of 

 errata, because the last correction was not well 

 executed in New York." 



Copies seen: Astor, Boston Athenaeum, 

 Eames, Pilling, Shea, Trumbull. 



The Brinley copy, no. 5696, sold for $2. 

 Priced by Dufo8s6, Paris, 1887, no. 24591, 12 fr. 



f ] Adlachemudiguichkek | meiaulak- 



wey. I Wen kedwi pakabuguet, deli 

 annkidagit. | Tchibai'ku'musse. | [Vi- 

 gnette I H S] I 



New York: | Edward Dunigan & 

 brother. | (James B. Kirker.) | 371 

 Broadway. | 1858. 



Frontispiece 1 1. title verso copyright 1 1. 

 text pp. 3-70, plates, 8°. 



"Vespers in Micmac, pp. 3-16.— Complin in 

 Micmac, pp. 17-28. —Te Deum in Latin, pp. 29- 

 30 ; in Micmac, pp. 31-33. — Examination of con. 

 science in Micmac, pp. 34-37 ; )n Mareschit, pp. 

 37-39; in Penobscot, pp. 39-40.- Way of the 

 cross in Micmac, pp. 41-70. 



Copies seen: Pilling, Powell, Shea. 



Abiamihewintuhan gan ; | the 



prayer song, | arranged by | rev. Eu- 

 gene Vetromile, S. J. I 

 New York: | published by Edward 



Vetromile (E.) —Continued. 

 Dunigan &. brother, j (James B. 

 Kirker,) | no. 371 Broadway. | 1858. 



Frontispiece 1 1. title verso blank 1 1. dedica- 

 tion to Pius IX in English verso the same in 

 Abnaki 1 1. (inserted), dedication to the Bishop 

 of Portland verso blank 1 1. preface pp. v-vi, 

 text pp. 7-45, pp. 42-45 being unnumbered, 8°. 



An abridgment of the Gregorian chant, pp. 

 7-20.— Musical exercises with text in Latin, 

 pp. 21-27.— Litanies, the Gloria, and the Credo, 

 in Micmac, set to music, pp. 28-36.— Credo and 

 Magnificat in Latin set to music, pp. 36-39.— 

 Hymns, prayers, etc. in Micmac witb music, 

 pp. 40-45. 



"The design of this volume is not only to give 

 some practical instructions in church music, in 

 order to aid the native Americans [Abnakis] to 

 sing the praises of the Lord according to the 

 different rites of the Catholic Church, but also 

 to preserve several unwritten national tunes, 

 kept by them only in tradition." — Preface. 



Copies seen : Boston Athenaeum, Pilling, 

 Powell, Shea. 



[ ] Alnambay 1858. Almanac. 



Colophon : Lith. by T. W. Strong, 98 

 Nassau St. New York. Eugin Vetro- 

 mile Datlias. 



1 sheet folio, 11 J X 13J inches. Twelve col- 

 umns with names of Abnaki divisions of time. 



Copies seen : American Antiquarian Society, 

 Shea. 



[ ] Sande awikhigan | 1859 



Colophon : Lith. by T. W. Strong, 98 

 Nassau St. New York. Eugin Vetro- 

 mile Datlias. 



1 sheet folio, 11^x13^ inches. Twelve columns 

 with Abnaki names of divisions of time and of 

 feast and fast days. 



Copies seen : American Antiquarian Society, 

 Shea. 



I have seen copies of an issue of 1862 also. 

 (Shea, Trumbull.) 



[ ] Sande awikhigan | 1866. 



Colophon : Eugene Vetromile, Alnam- 

 bay Patlias. 



1 sheet folio. 



Names of the months in Abnaki, at the top 

 of the columns. 



Copies seen : American Antiquarian Society. 



I have seen issues for the years 1867 (Shea), 

 1870 (Shea, Trumbull), 1871 (Trumbull), 1873 

 (Trumbull), 1874 (Shea, Trumbull), 1875 (Shea, 

 Trumbull) and 1876 (Trumbull). 



The Abnaki Indians. Communicated 



by Eugene Vetromile, S. J., professor 

 in the College of the Holy Cross, at 

 Worcester, Mass. With a brief memoir 

 of Professor Vetromile, by Rev. Edward 

 Ballard, of Brunswick, Me. 



